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Option Option
Access policy
Drive cache
Disable background initialization
Default initialization
Emulation type
4. Click Save Configuration.
5. Review and address any warning messages, as needed.
6. Click Confirm and Yes to proceed.
Subtopics Subtopics
Selecting drives to include in a logical drive Selecting drives to include in a logical drive
Selecting drives to include in a logical drive Selecting drives to include in a logical drive
About this task About this task
Use the steps in this topic to select the unconfigured drives that you want to include in the logical drive.
Procedure Procedure
1. In the Select Drives screen, specify the type of drive by selecting an option from the Select Media Type drop-down menu.
Options include SSD, HDD, or Both.
2. Select the interface type from the Select Interface Type drop-down menu.
Options include SAS, SATA, NVMe or All.
3. Specify the sector size from the Logical Sector Size drop-down menu.
Options include 512 B, 4 KB, or Both.
The unconfigured drives that match the criteria you specified are listed.
4. Select one of more unconfigured drives.
5. Click Apply Changes.
The Success screen appears to confirm that the selection was performed successfully.
6. Click OK.
The Create Logical Drive screen appears.
Creating a profile-based logical drive Creating a profile-based logical drive
About this task About this task
WARNING: Creating a logical drive will permanently delete any data on an associated drive. WARNING:
Procedure Procedure
1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > HPE MRXXX Gen11 > Main Menu > Configuration Management > Create Profile Based Logical
Drive.
Description Description
Shows and/or selects the access policy for the logical drive. The possible
settings are Read/Write, Read Only, or Blocked.
Drive cache setting - Can be set to Unchanged, Enable, or Disable.
Background initialization status:
No - Default leaves the background initialization enabled. This option
means that a new configuration can be initialized in the background while
you use the app to do other configuration tasks.
Yes - Disables background initialization for configurations on this
controller.
Logical drive initialization setting. Possible options are:
No - Do not initialize the logical drive.
Fast - Initializes the first 100 MB on the logical drive.
Full - Initializes the entire logical drive.
Specifies the emulation type policy for the logical drive. Possible options are
Default, Disable, and Force.
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